The Hundred of Condada is a

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unit of

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...

located on the northern

Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named aft ...

of South Australia spanning the township of

Minnipa Minnipa is a small town serving the local grain growing community located on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. History The Nauo were the indigenous people of the area of Minnipa prior to English colonisation and the area around the town was fi ...

and surrounds. One of the 24 hundreds of the

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, it was proclaimed in 1913 by Governor

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and named for Condada Hill, in the southwest of the hundred. The hundred is entirely spanned by the bounded locality of

, along with the adjacent hundreds of Pildappa to the east,

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to the south, and most of the Hundred of Minnipa to the southeast (in which the actual township of Minnipa lies). The hundred is located in the centre of a vast low-rainfall wheat belt and the surrounding countryside is gently undulating but broken by numerous wave-shaped granite outcrops (

inselberg An inselberg or monadnock () is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. In Southern Africa a similar formation of granite is known as a koppie, a ...

s).Minnipa and District
Much of the hundred is uncleared and thick with vegetation, but broadacre cropping takes place along the western border, fringing

Poochera Poochera is a small grain belt town 60 km north-west of Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. The township of Poochera was not surveyed until 1920, and its name is thought to be taken from the name of King Poojeri, a local a ...

and Karcultaby. Local administration of the hundred commenced in 1888 with the establishment of the

District Council of Streaky Bay The District Council of Streaky Bay is a local government area in South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula. Streaky Bay is the main population centre of about 1,200 people serving an agricultural district based on farming wheat and other ...

, which administered all of the

not already administered by the

District Council of Elliston The District Council of Elliston is a local government area covering around 6500 km2 on the Western Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. Established in 1888, the district has a diverse economy, with agriculture, commercial fishing and tourism ...

. In 1925 the District Council of Minnipa, now called Wudinna District Council, was established and annexed Condada along with four other hundreds in the County of Robinson formerly in Streaky Bay council. Local governance of the hundred by Wudinna council has continued ever since.

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{{reflist Condada 1913 establishments in Australia

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